We invite you to submit your "Pedigree" for the Silva Family Project Patriarch page. (You don’t have to be a test participant to post your family pedigree.)

There are two ways to make your pedigree available to the project administrator for posting on the Patriarch Page:1. Send the pedigree by email directly to carrie@worldfamilies.net in the simplified form described below(If you send it this way, your pedigree will only be posted on the Patriarch Page, and will not be included in the Pedigree Forum) Be sure to include Email address you wish to be posted with the pedigree Kit number of the project participant whose pedigree this is Name, birthdate, birthplace, spouse for each generation (direct male line).

2. Log-in to post your pedigree on the Pedigree Forum.By posting your pedigree on the forum, you are making it available for the Project Administrator to post it on the Patriarch Page, along with your contact information, and kit number (or code identity number).

oProvide the kit number and/or project code identity number if pedigree is for a tested participant

oUse surname with each generation

oDon’t use all caps

oDon’t include anyone whose birthdate is after 1910, for privacy concerns.

oDon’t number the generations

Scroll down to the last posting on this forum and click "reply". Post your pedigree in the box provided, and click "Post".

If you do not see a"reply" tab, it means you have lost your log in and will need to log in again in order to post. Go back to the project home page, log in again, and return to the pedigree forum. Login should hold the second time.

My Name is Anthony Silva, I was born in the year 1949 in the City of Los Angeles, California.

I am 56 years old and a member of the Los Angeles Police Department with a rank of Sergeant II of Police.

I am hoping to find my family where ever they may be as well as my Portugese ansestry fathers. I currently live in Chino Hills, California. My father (Jose Felix Silva) was born in the area of Silver City, New Mexico, USA, in about 1920. I cannot trace my family beyond that time and place.....Someone please help.

Hi Anthony, I live in Hawaiimy name is Leslie Lutao formerly Leslie Woodring I was born in Santa Monica Calif lived there until 1979 b 1959 b My grandparents are Joseph Gomez Cardoza and Mary Hazel Caldeira from Madera Portugal. We have alot of Silva Family members here in Kauai all around Hawaii. It is funny about the Los Angeles Police Dept. You may have some Jewish relatives working there. My Uncle Jerry( Gerald Cohen) used to teach at the LA Police Dept. I have a brother Jerry Cohen who just got promoted to Supervisor at Central Juvenile Hall In Los Angeles we used to cakll it East lLake I think. Anyways feel free to email me at : lutaor001@hawaii.rr.com or westkauaicraftfair@hawaii.rr.comaloha Leslie Lutao

Hi, Tony and Agostinho. I posted as much of your pedigrees as I could on the Patriarch page (we don't post those born after 1910 for privacy sake). Good luck with your research. Hope you are part of the DNA project.Marilynhttp://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/s/silva/pats.html

Thanks for your reply. I have been searching for a connection to northern Portugal. I understand that my DNA can be traced to an unknown location in the northern Portugal area. I also have a connection to jewish ancestry as I am Haplo J2. Having trouble locating anything beyond my great grand father (1850) Francisco Silva, New Mexico. I have no information as to when my family came to the US. Have a few more years to complete with LAPD before I pull the pin. (32 years) Eastlake Juvenile Hall is operated by the LA County Sheriff and is situated near the LA County General Hospital. Thanks again and take care. Tony

Maybe someone can help me. I have family over on the Hawaiian Islands. My Grandmother was bor on Oahu, her name is Mary Silva. Her father's name was Joe and mother was Rita. The family originated from Lisbon, Portugal. Are they part of the Silva family pedigree?? Any information would be helpful.